Gov., prejudiced in favor of the Canadians, 854; is new in Indian affairs, 856; authorizes traders to go wherever they please, ib. ; sends his nephew with letters to j Gen. Johnson in favor of a Canadian, 857.

Carrying places in 1792, between Al- \ bany and Genesee, 1107. i

Casco bay, the English post at, de- j stroyed, 259. |

Catalogue of the books and papers in Boston belonging to New-York, Leisler demands a, 185.

Catharine's town, 1115, 1137.

Cattaraqui fort, N. Rust commissioned 10 destroy, 53; abandoned by the French, 137, 138, 140; Indians march to the attack of, 259.

Cawonisque creek, 1133.

Cayuga, number of houses in 1792, bftween Onondaga, and, 1106; in 1804, 1188; Lake, descrip. of, 118(i.

Bridge, length and cost of,

1188.

Ceremony observed by the authorities of Albany in protesting against Leisler, 154.

Certificates in»support of Jamss Rumsey's steamboat, 1020, et seq.; in favor of John Fitch's claim to the in vention of the steamboat, 1059, e.'. seq.

Chain belt presented to the Six Nations, explanation of the, 5(i7.

Chambers, Major Thos., orierf^d to raise men in Ulster county, to defend the Frontiers, 313.

Chamblee Lake, a French force on the, 269.

Chataughqua Lake, 1180.

Cheemung town, population of, in 1791, 1116; river, 1159.

Cheese manufactured in western New- York, 1148.

Cbenossio Indians, location of the, 782.

Cherokees, speech of the, to Sir William Johnson, 765; traders murdered by the, 848; never claimed llie territory westward of the mountains, nor north of the river of theii- name, 917 .